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"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly,"one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."- Hans Christian Andersen

Try a new perspective on diversity.Across the country and around the world,we are all one.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coalwith the intent of throwing it at someone else;you are the one who gets burned.- The Buddha

We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned,so as to have the life that is waiting for us.The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.- Joseph Campbell

Individually, we are one drop.Together, we are an ocean.- Ryunosuke Satoro

Drop the sword - for there is but one flesh to wound,and it is the one flesh of all humankind.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Love one another but make not a bond of love.Let it rather be a moving seabetween the shores of your souls.- Khalil Gibran

One can never consent to creep when one feels the impulse to soar.- Helen Keller

There are only two ways to live your life.One is as though nothing is a miracle.The other is as though everything is a miracle.- Albert Einstein

Don't let one cloud obliterate the whole sky.- Anais Nin

To laugh often and much;to win the respect of intelligent peopleand the affection of children,to leave the world a better place,to know even one life has breathed easierbecause you have lived,this is to have succeeded.- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The greatest mistake you can make in lifeis to be continually fearing you will make one.- Elbert Hubbard

In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans.- Khalil Gibran

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.- Mother Teresa

Imagine all the people living life in peace.You may say I'm a dreamer,but I'm not the only one.I hope someday you'll join us,and the world will be as one.- John Lennon

One can not reflect in streaming water.Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.- Lao Tzu

We must let go of the life we have planned,so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.- Joseph Campbell

The human race has one really effective weapon,and that is laughter.- Mark Twain

To leave the world a bit better ...to know that one life has breathed easier because you have lived.This is to have succeeded.- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences.No one can eliminate prejudices -just recognize them.- Edward R. Murrow

To know yet to think that one does not know is best;Not to know yet to think that one knowswill lead to difficulty.- Lao Tzu

I am one with the Earth,with the Water, with the Fire,with the Air that I breathe,with all Living Things,and we are all one with Spirit.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

This day I will marry my friend,the one I laugh with, live for, dream with, love.- Anonymous

When written in Chinese, the word "crisis"is composed of two characters.One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.- John F. Kennedy

When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop,striped and dotted with continents and islands,flying through space with other starsall singing and shining together as one,the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty.- John Muir

Fear defeats more people thanany other one thing in the world.- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sing like no one's listening,love like you've never been hurt,dance like nobody's watching,and live like its heaven on earth.- Mark Twain

There is no passion to be found playing small -in settling for a life that is lessthan the one you are capable of living.- Nelson Mandela

A new command I give you: Love one another.As I have loved you, so you must love one another.- Jesus of Nazareth (John 13:34)

When one door closes, another opens.But often we look so long, so regretfully,upon the closed door,that we fail to see the one that is opened for us.- Helen Keller

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappyis to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet,alone with the heavens, nature and God.Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.- Anne Frank

No one was ever named "Hero" for following the crowd.Heroes set their own course.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

A sense of humor... is needed armor.Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lipsis a sign that the person down deephas a pretty good grasp of life.- Hugh Sidey

With realization of one's own potential andself-confidence in one's ability,one can build a better world.- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

I believe that everything happens for a reason.People change so that you can learn to let go,things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right,you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself,and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.- Marilyn Monroe

I have always held firmly to the thoughtthat each one of us can do a littleto bring some portion of misery to an end.- Albert Schweitzer

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosityare the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens?A terrible thing: no one to blame.- Erica Jong

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.- The Buddha

We are each of us are angels with only one wing,and we can only fly by embracing one another.- Lucretius

We may have different religions, differentlanguages, different colored skin,but we all belong to one human race.- Kofi Annan

We are all different - and we are all one.Take time to understand, and to appreciate.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

One can pay back the loan of gold,but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.- Malayan Proverb

Majority rule only works if you're alsoconsidering individual rights,because you can't have five wolves and one sheepvoting on what to have for dinner.- Larry Flynt

One of the secrets of life is thatall that is really worth the doingis what we do for others.- Lewis Carroll

Through violence, you may 'solve' one problem,but you sow the seeds for another.- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.- e. e. cummings

No one can find inner peace except by working,not in a self-centered way, but for the whole human family.- Peace Pilgrim

There are two lasting bequests we can give our childrenOne is roots, the other is wings.- Hodding Carter

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted,every hill and mountain shall be made low,the rough places will be made straightand the glory of the Lord shall be revealedand all flesh shall see it together.- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Friendship is born at that momentwhen one person says to another,"What! You too? I thought I was the only one."- C. S. Lewis

To know even one life hasbreathed easier because you have lived.This is to have succeeded.- Ralph Waldo Emerson

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of lifecomes from being happy over the good fortune of others.- Robert A. Heinlein

All the darkness of the world cannotextinguish the light of a single candle,yet one candle can illuminate all the darkness.- Jewish Hanukah Prayer

Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common.Celebrate it every day.- Anonymous

The happiness of one's own heart alonecannot satisfy the soul;one must try to include,as necessary to one's own happiness,the happiness of others.- Paramahansa Yogananda

I teach one thing and one only:that is, suffering and the end of suffering.- The Buddha

Dance like no one is watching,love like you'll never be hurt.Sing like no one is listening.Live life like it's heaven on earth.- Anonymous (various attributions and alternate phrasings)

One movement toward light becomes a clear signpost on a long road.- Mary Anne Radmacher

Today... maybe I can take one stepon that profoundly complex path to peace.- Mary Anne Radmacher

If you wait for opportunities to occur,you will be one of the crowd.- Edward de Bono

One service to need heals an ancient wound.- Mary Anne Radmacher

To live a pure unselfish life,one must count nothing as one's ownin the midst of abundance.- The Buddha

Whether one believes in a religion or not,and whether one believes in rebirth or not,there isn't anyone who doesn'tappreciate kindness and compassion.- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth;not going all the way, and not starting.- The Buddha

One must know not just how to accept a gift,but with what grace to share it.- Maya Angelou

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;what is essential is invisible to the eye.- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Thank you for visiting these One does not discover new lands without consenting by Andre Gide.